Drapery support



Feb. 28, 1928.

W. J. FURLONG DRAPERY SUPPORT Filed Sept. 1, 1922 1% @lmww BB B aPatented F eb- 28, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT; OFFICE.-

WILLIAM J. FURLONG, OF WAVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS; ASSIGNO R Tb THE JOHNxnonun & HENRY REUBEL country, or BROOKLYN, new YORK, 11 coarormmou orNEW YORK.

DBAPEBY SUPPORT.

Application filed September The invention relates to drapery supports ofthe type embodying a hollow guide having a longitudinal slot in oneface, the walls of the tube on opposite sides of said slot beingemployed as tracks for. a plurality of carriers attached to the dracriesand l8,V.

ing suitable runners adapts toys the tracks during adjustmen of thposition of the draperies.

' One object of the invent drapery support of the above the draperiesmay be" adjusted min or clogging of thecarri trac s, and in w 1 freelyunder allcondition with in practice. a t

Another object is to provid support which will facilita traverse cordfor, the purios the position of the draperies. Further ob'ects and.advantages of th vention will e in part obvious in specifically pointedout in the description hereinafter contained, which-taken inconnectionwith the accompan ing drawings-3+" discloses a preferred embo imentofthe in vention; such embodiment, however; is to considered merely asillustrative of its princi 1e. a ln the drawingsv Figure 1 is a sideelevation, partly in section, of a drapery support constructed inaccordance with the invention and mounted in operative position;

Flg. 2 is a perspective view showing, detached, the structure of thecarrier which forms a part of the drapery support appearin in Fig. 1;

ig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 3 -3 of Fig. 1 andlooking in the direction of thearrows.

Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal section takenron line 44 of Fig. 3,looking in the direction of the arrows. p

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, there is shown a hollowguide 1. suitably secured to a support 2,- for example, by screws3,-such guide having therein a longitudinal slot 4 and the walls 5 ofthe guide on opposite sides of the slot 4being shaped to provide a pairof tracks extending lengthwise of the guide. The carriers are shown asprovided with suitable runners 16 adapted to slide or roll along thetracks runners above "described to hde along ich the 1 carriers will slide 1 1,1922. sci-m1 m5. $5,633.1

above mentioned, such runners in the'present nstance consisting ofwheels or rollers carried by an axle 15. Suitable devices such as' 'arehereinafter described in greater detail, Wlll be understood as connectedto the p 7 permit draperies to be attached thereto.

v uide"? s abov be unsatisfactory for sevf therun ners,

magnu there-is a tendency for obedisplaced laterally, with the 'acentrollers are ljammed ll sI- are'thus so etfec- I Outof proper posih v vygjto readjust them by I i'sfloften awkward to do since he a? ens,usuallyf'are inaccessibly lo- Lca ted} Furthermore, ifthe runners arepermitted -toazhave any substantial "degree of lateralplay .in theguide,they are hablesto assumean obli ue position with regard to the 'lengthoft e guide, under which conditions the tension on the carriers duringadjustment" of the draperies jams the runners against the walls of theguide and interferes with the proper operation of the support.

In accordance with one feature of the present invention, I providebetween the runners an intermediate member 10 which is connected to therunners and provided with side walls which fit with very littleclearance'between the edges of the slot in the guidepthus, if therunners tend to turn obl'quel to the length of the ide, the side walls 0the above-mentione member will act as a stop to prevent this diatemember slides sufliciently freely in the slot to permit the propertravel of the carrier along the guide. I

In the present instance, the intermediate member 10 is constituted by ayoke-shaped piece having ears 11 which are rotatably mounted upon theaxle 15, the outer sides of the ears fitting comparatively closely inthe slot 5 to prevent the carrier from twisting as aforesaid. Theintermediate member .areim m of wheels permittedgto come. intoconguidewhic i, forms a In useof-drapery' supports involving ,c"arr1 ershaving runners sliding in a hollow ferredto, the operation ofintermediate movement, and, nevertheless, this intermethe intermediatemember l0 prt-derably is so constructed. as to have a recess 6 therein,so that a traverse cord 20 may be led througl'l and supported by theseveral carriers; thus the carriers serve to prevent the cord fromsagging unduly in different adjustments of the draperies. Preferably thebottom of the recess 6 is curved downwardly atits ends 12 to prevent 10from catching against the traverse cord in case adjustment of thedraperies should cause the intermediatemember to rock angularly on axle15. I also prefer to round the upper portions of the ears 11 in order topermit such a rocking movement to take place freely in a minimum ofspace. I

The intermediate member 10 also preferably is fixed against lateraldisplacement relative to the runners l6, and thus, if the runners tendto move transversely of the guide sufliciently to cause them to jam, theside walls above mentioned of the intermediate member will act as a stopagainst this movement by engagement with the edges of slot 4:. In thepresent form of the invention, collars or shoulders 17 are interposedbetween theears 11 of the intermediate member and rollers 16 topreventthe above parts from sliding laterally.

In order to prevent runners 16 of ad acent carriers from contacting andforcing each other out of proper position, I prefer to extend theintermediate member 10 beyond the runners, in both directions lengthwiseof the tracks; thus, if the draperies are adjusted in such manner as tobring together adjacent carriers, the intermediate members 10 of suchcarriers will meet before the runners thereof come into contact, andeach carrier will continue to function properly.

A member 14, which may be in the form of a hook or eyelet, is attachedto the intermediate member 10 to enable the draperies to be securedthereto, and as another feature of the invention I prefer to constructthis member 14 so that itmay move ai'igularly with regard to theremainder of the as illustrated, the base of interi'nediate member 10 isprovided with a countersunk recess 13 within which is swivelled theenlarged head 7 of member 14. Thus, if the cords tend to twist member14, the latter may turn without straining the remainder of the carriertoward a position oblique to the length of the guide.

lVhile a specific embodiment of the in vention has been described, itwill be obvious that while the various features above described arepreferably conjointly employed, they have individual utility and are notnecessarily all usedtogether, and that many changes may be made thereinwithout departing from its principles, as defined in the followingclaims.

Having particularly described my invencarrier and desire to secure bycomprising runners adapted to run in said 1 tracks and connected by anaxle, and an intermediate member disposed in said slot, said'memberbeing of U-shape and having its opposite sides pivoted to swing aboutsaid axle as an axis and fitting relatively close along the edges of theslot to prevent the runners from moving to a position oblique to thelength of the guide.

2. A curtain hanger comprising a metal track including an uppersustaining portion, spaced. depending portions, and inwardly bent trackportions disposed in spaced relation to each other, a bracket ofU-shaped formation having the parallel portions thereof extended betweenthe track portions, a stub shaft mounted in the parallel portions of thebracket at a point within the. track, rollers carried by the ends of thestub shaft and having rolling contact with the inner sides of said trackportions, and a hook swivelly sustained on the horizontal portion of thebracket.

3. A drapery support comprising a hollow guide having a longitudinalslot therein, the walls of said guide on opposite sides of said slotconstituting tracks extending lengthwise of said guide, and a carrier,said carrier comprising runners adapted to run in said tracks andconnected by an axle, an intermediate member carried by said axlebetween said runners, and a drapery attaching member swivelly supportedby said intermediate member.

4. A drapery support con'lprising a hollow guide having a longitudinalslot therein, the walls of said guide on opposite sides of said slotconstituting tracks extending lengthwise of said guide, and a carrier,said carrier comprising runners adapted to run in said tracks andconnected by an axle. an intermediate member carried by said axlebetween said runners, and a drapery attaching member swivelly supportedby said intermediate member, the intermediate member being pivotallysupported from said axle.

5. A drapery support comprising a hollow guide having a longitudinalslot therein, the walls of said guide on opposite sides of said slotconstituting tracks extending lengthwise of said guide, and a carrier,said carrier comprising runners adapted to run in said tracks andconnected by an axle, an intermediate member carried by said axlebetween said runners, and a drapery attaching member swivelly supportedby said intermediate member, shoulders being provided between theintermediate member and the portions of the rollers which are of largestdiameter, to hold the intermediate member against undue lateralshifting.

6. A drapery support comprising a hollow guide having a longitudinalslot therein, the walls of said guide on opposite sides of said I slotconstituting tracks extending lengthwise substantial longitudinal extentand fitting relatively close to the edges of the slot and adapted toengage the same to prevent the runners from moving to a position obliqueto the length of the guide.

7. A drapery support comprising a hollow guide having a longitudinalslot therein, the

walls of said guide on opposite sides of said slot constituting tracksextending lengthwise of said guide, and a carrier, said carrier,comprising runners adapted to run in said tracks and connected by anaxle, an intermediate member carried by said axle between said' runners,and a drapery attaching member swivelly supported by said intermediatemember said intermediate member being supported to permit it to swingfreely about said axle as an axis, and having side walls of substantiallongitudinal extent and fitting 1 relatively close to the edges of theslot and adapted to engage the same to prevent the runners from movingto a position oblique to the length of the uide, said intermediatemember extending eyond the runners/ in both longitudinal directions. 1/

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my handthis 24th day of August, 1922.

WILLIAM J. FURLONG.

